by Robert Barnard · Blackwell Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780631137627
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«A Short History of English Literature» is Robert Barnard's essay on literary history, in paperback from Blackwell Publishers (218 pages, in English).
A journey through English literature from Chaucer to contemporary authors such as Martin Amis and Graham Swift. Barnard focuses on the key writers of each period and analyzes one or two of their works, with special attention to the postwar novel and theater. It combines history, criticism and a personal perspective.
Originally published in 1984, the volume includes an index and falls within literary history and criticism.
Aimed at university students and those seeking an overview of English literature and its historical context.
entry in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886
